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Tony Cingrani
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Full Name: Anthony Michael Cingrani

Born: July 5, 1989

Age: 26

Birthplace: Evergreen, IL

Bats: L

Throws: L

Height: 6' 4"

Weight: 210

Draft: Round 3 (2011, CIN)

School: Rice

MLB Debut: 09/09/2012

Selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the third round (114th overall) of the 2011 amateur entry Draft out of Rice University... graduated from Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, Ill., where in 2007 he threw a no-hitter with 20 strikeouts against the state's top-ranked team... at South Suburban College in South Holland, Ill., he established the school's career record for strikeouts (195k in 143 1/3 IP)... in 2012, he was the Reds organization's Minor League Pitcher of the Year... in 26 appearances and 25 starts at Class A Advanced Bakersfield and Double-A Pensacola, he combined to go 10-4 with a 1.73 ERA... led all qualifying Minor League pitchers in ERA and ranked second in the mMinors in strikeouts... was a Baseball America Minor League All-Star... his fastball was voted the best in the California League by league managers... while at Bakersfield was the organization's Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April... joined the Reds on Sept. 4, 2012, after Pensacola's season ended, and became the fifth player from the 2011 Draft to make his Major League debut (Cleveland's Cody Allen, Arizona's Trevor Bauer, Seattle's Carter Capps, LA Angels' Nick Maronde)... made his Major League debut (3ip, 1h, 1er, 0bb, 5k, 1hr ) in the Reds' 5-1 loss on 9/9 vs Houston, in relief of Johnny Cueto... became only the second reliever in franchise history to record at least 5 strikeouts in his first career appearance (Angel Torres, 5k, 9/12/77 vs Hou) ... his 3-inning stint in that debut tied Alfredo Simon for the longest by a Reds reliever this season, and his 5 strikeouts tied Aroldis Chapman and Simon for the most in a game by a Reds reliever all year ... struck out his first career batter faced (Fernando Martinez) ... in his debut also made his first career plate appearance and struck out (Edgar Gonzalez)... began his Reds career wearing uniform No. 70 ... on 9/8, a day before his debut, switched to 52... in 2011, named MLB.com's Short-Season Starting Pitcher of the Year... fanned 80 batters in just 51.1 innings for Rookie Billings and held batters to a .190 average... named Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week for 8/22-8/29... following the season was named by Baseball America as a "Rookie All-Star" and the eighth-best prospect in the Pioneer League... assigned to Triple-A Louisville for 2013 Opening Day...